"Evil can never defeat justice!!"
With an angry roar, Ishiyama burst with golden light, looking like a wrathful guardian deity as he charged at the vicious Fire Demon with overwhelming force.
Fire Demon wore blazing armor, his whole body engulfed in raging flames. He held flaming blades in both hands, and every swing unleashed waves of scorching fire.
As the top Demon General under the Shape-Shifting Demon, Fire Demon was undeniably powerful. Even Ishiyama, known as the strongest sumo wrestler, couldn't gain the upper hand against him.
"Burning Heaven Fire Dragon!"
Fire Demon slammed a fist into the ground, and a savage fire dragon rose behind him. The heat was so intense it warped the air violently.
Ishiyama showed no fear. After growing larger, his defense had risen dramatically. He clenched his mountain-like iron fist and smashed it head-on into the fire dragon.
Boom!
The searing fire dragon collided with the golden fist in a deafening explosion. Scattered flames flew everywhere, and waves of heat rolled out.
Ishiyama grunted and was sent flying backward, crashing into a wall before dropping to the ground.
The fierce fire dragon also broke apart and vanished.
"Hahaha! So this is the legendary Ishiyama? What a disappointment!"
Seeing Ishiyama on the ground, Fire Demon's crimson eyes filled with contempt and mockery.
"Then let me finish you off myself!"
Fire Demon raised his flaming blade and was about to strike Ishiyama down.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Countless crystal spikes suddenly shot in from the side.
Fire Demon reacted at once, turned, and swung his flaming blades. His swordsmanship was flawless, and in an instant he shattered every crystal spike.
"Hmph, your reflexes are pretty good," Diamondhead said, standing across from Fire Demon with his golden eyes fixed on him.
"Cuz, I'm here to help!" Gwen hurried over with a boomerang in hand.
"Alright, Wrestler Gwen," Diamondhead said teasingly.
At that, Gwen's cheeks instantly flushed red, and she lowered her head. "Cuz, you..."
"Hero time!"
After turning back into Ben, Cannonbolt transformed again into Blitzwolfer.
Because this was the game world, the Omnitrix had far fewer restrictions. As long as he had the corresponding Alien Hero card, he could transform.
"So it's you, Wrestler Lucian." Gritting his teeth, Ishiyama struggled to his feet.
That fire dragon had hit him hard.
"You stay back and recover some health first. Leave Fire Demon to me," Diamondhead said, his arms turning into blades that glimmered with cold green light.
"Alright." Ishiyama nodded.
Fire Demon glared at Diamondhead from a distance, fury blazing in his eyes. "Kid, don't you think you're being a little too arrogant? Do you even know who I am?"
"No," Diamondhead said calmly.
"You're asking to die!"
A fireball formed between the two horns on Fire Demon's head. With a thought, he launched it forward, and it hurtled toward Diamondhead with terrifying heat.
Diamondhead threw out a crystal shield and easily blocked the fireball, then rushed forward and slammed a fist into the ground.
In an instant, a massive crystal mountain burst up from the ground, launching the unprepared Fire Demon into the air.
"What is this?!" Fire Demon was horrified. He hadn't expected Diamondhead to have a move like that.
Diamondhead smiled faintly and clenched his hand in the air. Immediately, countless long crystal spikes grew from the mountain, dense as thorns on a giant cactus, pinning Fire Demon firmly in place and leaving him unable to move.
Even his tough armor was no match for Diamondhead's crystal spikes.
"This is outrageous!" Fire Demon erupted with towering demonic flames. The heat was so intense it burned the crystal apart and broke him free.
"Awoo!"
At that moment, Blitzwolfer arrived.
He leaped into the air, and his mouth split into four parts as he unleashed a ferocious ultrasonic blast straight at Fire Demon's head.
Fire Demon froze in place, his mind thrown into chaos by the sonic attack.
Seizing the chance, Gwen hurled the boomerang in her hand. The fierce wind generated by its rapid spin whistled through the air, and the razor-sharp snowflake blades slashed viciously toward Fire Demon's neck.
At the critical moment, Fire Demon snapped out of it and quickly raised an arm to block Gwen's boomerang.
Rip!
A gash tore through the hard armor, and thin streams of green blood seeped out.
"Oh my gosh, it's seriously that tough," Gwen exclaimed.
"It doesn't matter. I've got this." Diamondhead threw two crystal spears to cut off Fire Demon's escape route.
Sure enough, seeing there was no way to dodge, Fire Demon immediately swung both blades and shattered the crystal spears with a series of metallic clangs.
"Heh, is that all..."
Before he could finish, a massive crystal fist wrapped in a violent gale came crashing down from the sky. Rings of white air blasted out along the way as it slammed toward Fire Demon atop the crystal mountain.
Just moments earlier, while Fire Demon was distracted, Diamondhead had used crystal regeneration to create a crystal pillar beneath his feet and launch himself upward at incredible speed, sweeping past the crystal mountain and reaching a point nearly fifty meters above Fire Demon.
By the time Fire Demon realized it, it was already too late.
Boom!
A thunderous blast echoed through the Kappa Maze.
The giant crystal fist crushed Fire Demon into pieces. Along with the crystal mountain, everything exploded into countless fragments under the sheer force, scattering everywhere like a storm of debris.
Diamondhead flipped once in midair and landed steadily on the ground.
"You're an excellent sumo wrestler, Wrestler Lucian." Ishiyama walked over and gave him a thumbs-up in admiration.
"You flatter me," Diamondhead said modestly.
"Huh? Looks like there's a reward over there." Gwen looked toward the place where Fire Demon had died.
Diamondhead turned his head and saw an Alien Hero card there. It seemed to be... Heatblast's card.
Diamondhead walked over and absorbed it.
"Awoo!" Blitzwolfer jumped down from the tower and landed in front of everyone. "Alright, now we need to answer Kappa's riddle. We have to get to the Extreme Dojo as fast as possible. If the Shape-Shifting Demon finds Upgrade's Totem first, we're in trouble."
"You're right, Wrestler Ben." Ishiyama nodded.
Ben froze for a second, then his face lit up with joy. "Oh yeah! Ishiyama finally admitted I'm a wrestler!"
"That strange sonic wave of yours just now controlled Fire Demon and created an opening for Wrestler Gwen and Wrestler Lucian to attack. That was very well done," Ishiyama said with a smile.
At that moment, Gwen walked over to the Kappa statue and recalled its riddle.
"The name of the wrestler's weapon appears as it is seen. Change the form of the character, and courtesy offends no one."
Gwen looked thoughtfully at the bow in her hand, and suddenly her eyes lit up.
"I've got it!"
"The weapon is a bow. If you change the character, it becomes the bow in bowing!"
The moment she finished speaking, the Kappa statue lowered its head, and all the water stored in the groove above poured down onto Gwen's head.
Gwen was instantly drenched like a soaked chicken.
In the next second, her body rapidly began to swell.
In just a few breaths, she became extremely fat. Even the armor on her body was nearly bursting open, making her look very bloated.
Seeing that, Ben burst out laughing. "Whoa, Gwen turned into a big fat pig!!"
"I'm still a little skinnier than Cannonbolt," Gwen said, turning her head with an annoyed look on her plump face.
Then she stomped her foot, and with terrifying force split the Kappa statue in two.
After the Kappa statue cracked open, a passage appeared.
At the end of the passage was a yellow platform connected to a golden pillar of light that led straight to Level 13, the Extreme Dojo.
"Let's go."
The group stepped forward and onto the platform...